Freshippo has opened its biggest supply chain center in Shanghai
Ocado launches first robotic warehouse in Asia with Aeon British online supermarket and technology group Ocado said its first robotic warehouse in Asia, built for Japanese partner Aeon, has gone

Finding tech solutions to labour problem
Training fruit pickers using virtual reality equipment, employing robots to move fruit containers and wearing exoskeletons to support physical labour are all possibilities being considered by

Eyeing a future where fruit pickers are trained by virtual reality
Training fruit pickers using virtual reality equipment, employing robots to move fruit containers, and wearing exoskeletons to support physical labor are all possibilities being considered by

Using fake raspberries to train robots how to pick real ones (video)
A trio of roboticists at CREATE Lab, EPFL, in Switzerland, has designed, built and tested a robot that can pick raspberries. In their project, reported in the journal Communications Engineering,

7-Eleven tests delivery robot in South Korea
South Korea: 7-Eleven tests delivery robot in South Korea Global convenience store giant 7-Eleven has begun a test run of a robot delivery service in South Korea in conjunction with Neubility, a

Ireland first autonomous seed-n-weed robot gets to work in the southeast
Gary Abbott recently caught up Ireland's first autonomous field robot, the FarmDroid FD20, working in Co Kilkenny, weeding a crop of beet it had sown earlier in the spring. Nine months ago, we

Cimcorp Group opens new location in Australia
Cimcorp Group, an automation and gantry-based robotic solutions company, now has a stronger foothold in the Australian market with the opening of a new location. The move reinforces Cimcorp’s

Finnish researchers develop a nanorobot for pollination
Researchers at Tampere University in Finland have developed Flying Aero-robots based on the Light Responsive Materials Assembly (FAIRY). This microscopic, lightweight, skeleton-free nanorobot is

Pest and disease detection capability to be added to robotic platform
Arugga AI Farming, a start-up developing robotic solutions for greenhouse farming, has signed a commercial collaboration agreement with ViewNetic. The partnership between the fellow Israel-based

GRoW Harvesting Robot picking tomatoes at Axia Vegetable Seeds
The GRoW Harvesting Robot, a collaborative effort by Ridder and MetoMotion, is picking XR ToBRFV-resistant tomatoes in Axia Vegetable Seeds' demo greenhouses in the Netherlands. This demonstration

Tevel partners with Unifrutti
Tevel has expanded into South America in a new partnership with Unifrutti that has seen flying autonomous fruit picking robots deployed in Chile. The Israeli robotics startup’s autonomous

In Chile, apples picked by AI-guided flying robots
In Linares, Chile, a never-before-seen collaboration is taking place, and even more so in the agricultural sector: robots guided by artificial intelligence are harvesting apples. This

Denmark: Autonomous mobile robot designed for indoor farming
“Vertical farming is moving towards an inflection point. From expensive and niche technology towards market leadership from both a commercial and sustainability standpoint. Our vision at Seasony

Arkansas and Georgia researchers developed a robotic hand to pick blackberries
Researchers in Arkansas and Georgia have shown that delicate fresh-market blackberries typically picked by human hands to maintain quality, can now be picked by robots as well. Renee Threlfall,

How scientists developed a robotic hand to pick blackberries in Arkansas
Imagine an autonomous bi-pedal robot with 10 arms, each tipped with three-fingered silicone grippers picking its way through rows of blackberries, and you’ll have an idea of what the future

Photo report: Interpack 2023
From May 4 to 10, visitors to Germany's Düsseldorf exhibition center could see the latest gadgets in packaging technology and machines. Numerous applications for fresh food to non-food were

Carrier Transicold Global Container Refrigeration moves toward industry 5.0 through innovative collaboration with robots
Carrier Transicold’s Global Container Refrigeration factory in Singapore, a key manufacturing site for Carrier’s refrigerated container systems globally, is embracing Industry 5.0, which

Patatas Hijolusa implements state-of-the-art robotic technology to optimize its production line
The Patatas Hijolusa company has been implementing state-of-the-art technology in its industrial plant in Leon for more than 7 years to achieve the maximum optimization of its production process.

Breeding robot ready strawberries
Strawberries specially bred for automated picking will soon become a reality in Australia after the launch of an initiative to develop varieties that can be easily harvested by robot. The A$11.5m,

Cimcorp introduces new automated solution for distribution centers
Robotic order fulfillment company Cimcorp is unveiling its latest retail solution for retrofitting distribution centers with automation. Headquartered in Finland with a North American office in

Australian berry grower trials robot harvester
Fruit farmers are turning to robots to help with harvest amid a human worker shortage. One Tasmanian soft fruit farm is using 16 robotic harvesters to help pick its fruit this summer. Burlington

Autonomous drones designed to harvest fruit show their skills at World Ag Expo
One of the new products on display at the World Agricultural Expo in Tulare, California was the result of two companies teaming up and creating a new solution to labor shortages in the agriculture